Books by Joanne Greenberg and Complete Book Reviews
Joanne Greenberg, Author Arcade Publishing $10.95 (321p) ISBN 978-1-55970-192-1
At least four of these 14 tales--many of which are set in Colorado and infused with magic realism--deserve to be classics. Although Greenberg sometimes overreaches for effect, her best work shows psychological acuity and compassion. (May)
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Joanne Greenberg, Author Henry Holt & Company $25 (352p) ISBN 978-0-8050-5163-6
From the beginning of her career, Greenberg (In This Sign) has excelled in creating thoughtful characters who fight to express their independent spirit. Here, sensibilities reflecting what one character terms a ""sixties parody"" rule both strong-min
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Joanne Greenberg, Author Henry Holt & Company $0 (277p) ISBN 978-0-8050-0542-4
With lucidity, compassion and suspense, Greenberg (I Never Promised You a Rose Garden) addresses confounding issues: Can ""a living saint'' internationally known for his altruism actually be an utterly cold human being? Are some personalities so...
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Joanne Greenberg, Author Henry Holt & Company $18.95 (262p) ISBN 978-0-8050-0902-6
Readers will get unforgettable insights into the world of the Deaf-blind in this haunting new novel by the author of I Never Promised You a Rose Garden and In This Sign . Greenberg writes with deep, poetic understanding about people we term...
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Joanne Greenberg, Author Signet Book $4.5 (0p) ISBN 978-0-451-16419-3
Here 25-year-old protagonist John Moon, who was born blind and later lost his hearing after a beating by his father, falls in love with Leda Martin, an aspiring actress who drives a bus for the deaf-blind community. ``Readers will get unforgettable...
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Joanne Greenberg, Author Arcade Publishing $19.95 (321p) ISBN 978-1-55970-110-5
At least four of the 14 stories in Greenberg's collection deserve to be classics. Writing in a futuristic vein, the author invests the title story with universal resonance. When a woman on a planet where fear and repression are endemic applies for a
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Joanne Greenberg, Author Henry Holt & Company $23 (296p) ISBN 978-0-8050-2579-8
A shrewd observer of human nature and of societal differences, Greenberg has written 10 novels and four short fiction collections that present quiet, sensitive and poignant stories of individual lives and the cultural climates in which they unfold....
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